Billiard-table leveler



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0. H. HAMILTON.

BILLIARD TABLE LEVELER.

Patented May 7, 1895.

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CHRISTOPHER HESKETH HAMILTON, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

BlLLlARD-TABLE LEVELER.

PEGIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 538,674, dated May 7,1895.

Application filed April 13, 1894. Serial No. 507, N m

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHRISTOPHER HEsKETH HAMILTON, a subject of the Queenof Great Britain and Ireland, residing at Baltimore, in the State ofMaryland, have invented certain new anduseful ImprovementsinBilliard-Table Levelers; and I do declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to theletters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspecification.

This invention is an improved billiard table leveler, the object beingto provide an easily adjustable, supporting and leveling device whichcan be attached to tables now in use without altering the length of theleg.

Another object is to so construct and arrange the parts that the end ofthe leg will be centered during its adjustment and thus prevented fromwabbling or rocking, or slipping from the leveler.

iVith these objects in view the invention consists in the peculiarconstruction of the several parts and their arrangement with referenceto one another, and also in the novel combination hereinafter pointedout in the claim hereunto appended.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a view, partly in section, showing a leg ofthe table in its lowest position and having the leveler attachedthereto. Fig. 2 shows the same in a raised position, as may be necessaryto level up the table.

Referring to the drawings by letters, A is a tube or sleeve, and ispreferably provided on its lower end with a rim or flange a, as shown,and a screw-thread a upon its exterior curved surface.

0 is asleeve having a screw-thread c on its interior curved surface andadapted to run upon the threads upon the sleeve A, as is apparent. Theheight of sleeve 0 is nearly or about the height of sleeve A, andis soconstructed that when it is run down upon said sleeve A, its upper edgewill not project above the upper edge of sleeve A. These sleeves areconstructed as thus described for a purpose hereinafter set forth. Tofacilitate the turning of the sleeve 0 an aperture is made in theexterior surface thereof for the insertion of the pin or lug of aspanner.

F indicates the leg of the table, the lower end of which is reduced ate, producing an annular shoulder e, which rests upon the upper edge ofthe upper sleeve when the parts are properly assembled; the reduced endextending through the upper sleeve and into the lower one, so that whenthe upper sleeve is adjusted to its upper limit, the end of the' legwill not be drawn above the top of the lower sleeve. This'is anessential feature of my invention as it .will be apparent from Figsrland 2, that the lower sleeve serves in this manner to center the leg andprevents the leg from slipping or rocking. This arrange-- ment alsoenables me to employ my device upon tables nowin use without shorteningthe length of the leg, as is now. necessary in the use of all levelersfor this purpose heretofore invented; and as each leg has a boltextending longitudinally therethrough it would be rather inconvenientand difficult to shorten the leg of the table. It is to save thistrouble that I have constructed my'device.

The operation of my invention is obvious and its advantages are that itcan be attached to tables now in use without cutting off a part of theleg and central bolt, and during the entire adjustment the leg is alwayscentered and isprevented from rocking, and also prevented from slippingfrom the leveler.

It is further to be observed that by the use of my device a table can bequickly and reliably adjusted and leveled, and that by rea son of thereduced lower end of the leg entering the lower sleeve and alwaysremaining therein no matter what the point of adjustment may be, thetable leg can never slip from engagement with the leveler, nor are theparts liable to get out of order as in the case of the more complicateddevices for this purpose.

Having described my invention, what I claim is In a device of thecharacter described the combination with a lower sleeve having an theupper sleeve into the lowerone as set 10 exterior screw-thread, an upperinteriorly forth.

screw-threaded sleeve adapted to run upon In testimony whereof I affixmy signature the lower sleeve, of a table leg having a rein presence oftwo witnesses.

5 duced lower end providing an exterior shoul- CHRISTOPHER HESKETHHAMHTW der surrounding said reduced portion, the J said reduced portionbetween the shoulder Witnesses: and the end of the leg being of greaterdepth G. E. REARDON, than the upper sleeve, so as to project throughHARRY O. MATHEW.

